Police: Teen dead in apparent accidental shooting

Boys were handling guns outside home and one discharged, official says

Felton Richardson expected his two friends to be waiting for him on the front porch of his southeast Houston house. He was shocked to see yellow crime tape when he pulled up in his car Sunday afternoon.

Jaque Fields, 18, was slumped in a chair, dead from an apparent accidental gun shot to the head. Houston Police Department officers were questioning his longtime friend, who was later released from custody.

Richardson said almost every day the boys got together to watch football, play video games or just hang out.

An HPD official said Fields and his friend were passing two guns back and forth outside the home in the 5300 block of Reed Road when one accidentally discharged.

The incident is expected to go before a grand jury, which would decide if charges should be filed.

More than 50 people, mostly friends and family, gathered to support Fields' family, who have lived in the neighborhood for decades.

Fields' father, Clifford Tyler, arrived just in time to see his son's body taken away in a white medical examiner's van. His mother, Shaundria Nunley, had already walked the two blocks home, unable to watch.

"You can't play with guns," she said. "It's as simple as that."

After officers cleared the yellow tape, friends and family gathered at Nunley's home, giving her hugs and comfort. Children played on the front lawn as adults leaned against cars to talk about "Quay."

Just the night before they'd celebrated President Barack Obama's re-election at the house. Fields had danced and teased family as usual.

He recently earned his high school diploma. With his first child on the way, Fields hoped to join the Navy or enroll in Houston Community College to become a veterinarian.

Antwoine Nunley, 29, said his cousin loved dogs. Fields would adopt strays, nurse them to health, then find homes for them.